Chapter 10 Flashcards
Who could vote in Britain and what was the percent of people?
Men with lots of land
5%
Middle class
1st group to demand a greater voice-wealthy
Suffrage
The right to vote
Reform bill of 1832
Eased property requirements to vote and redrew district lines giving industrial cities more rep.
The people’s charter of 1838
- Suffrage for all men
- Annual parliament elections
- Secret ballot
- End property requirements to serve in parl.
- Pay members of parl.
How many demands of the people’s charter were eventually met?
4 of the 5
Who is still fighting for suffrage but won’t get it for a while?
Women
Chartist movement
People trying to be able to vote
Queen vistoria
England reached height of power and wealth slowly gave power to parliament
After losing Franco-Prussian war..
Had crises in National Assembly and decided on third republic that lasted 60 years
Captain Dreyfus
Accused of selling military secrets to Germany
Sentenced to life in prison
He was a Jew and he was framed
Anti-semitism
Prejudice against Jews
What did the government do with Dreyfus?
Let him go secretly
Examples of anti-semitism in Russia
Pograms- Campaigns of violence against Jews